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Type: Video
<Sender ID: baymaxing (Hiro Hamada)
To: Public
Subject: Underwater Investigations.
Warnings: None that I can think of immediately?

[Hiro is tinkering away in his dedicated space to work and research, Baymax observing nearby and apparently attempting to help clean up a little. The teen speaks as he works on something or other, notes next to him.]

I was thinking.....I know others here are also...uh, I guess, inventors? We should help out, work together? I know there've been times when we've needed to like, dive and go underwater, right? I've been thinking if I can come up with something to help with that? It's just a matter of coming up with ideas. What might work? Diving is fine, but even that only gets you down so far. And you'd have limited oxygen with the tanks....Maybe some sort of machine you can go in? It'd have to be tested and stuff. Make sure it's safe. That it could handle the pressure.....I dunno. If anyone has any suggestions, ideas? I've dealt with making suits for other stuff, but not so much the water. That kind of makes things a bit more complicated. Maybe something like a drone for underwater? So we can look around to be sure of whatever we might find, and then go down after.....?

[He ends up more sort of spouting off ideas to himself more than anything, and Baymax glances over at the teen, telling him that he should go and take a break. Get some rest and something to eat. Hiro does have a tendency to get rather distracted and focused on his plans, his work, and ignoring anything else.]

Okay, okay, bud. I'm coming. Um, yeah, let me know what you guys think?

[Hiro says before giving a wave and ending the video so Baymax will stop telling him to take a break.]

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I wouldn't call myself an inventor, per-say, but as a mage, I have been experimenting with whether or not a potion can be crafted that can be taken to help deal with the issues of atmospheric pressure on one's body or the like...

However, I think your idea of a drone to send down first in order to get a better look at what's actually down there might be the more practical and safer option than sending anyone else down there first, regardless of whether or not the issue of pressure and oxygen has been addressed.

[Although, as a mer, Azul can in fact just... go down there himself and see what's up, but he would really rather not.]

[Hiro tilts his head at that, curious as he considers the idea of a potion while sipping at his drink. He's not as versed in magic. He's been messing with magitech some, obviously. But it's still not his expertise with the magic aspect.]

A potion? Huh. But ah, yeah. I figure the drone will at least give us a look? Try kinda narrow things down a bit more? Give us an idea of what's down there so we can hopefully prepare?

My guess? The deeper you dive, the darker it is going to get, so you'll want to make sure that your little drone is capable of seeing or at least registering movement, depending on which sea creatures are residing in that area.

And especially, being prepared for the ones in particular that may not appreciate any bright lights suddenly appearing in their domain.

Yeah. A light would help. Maybe something like thermal imaging? Or night vision?

[He's aware that back home, there would be the likes of sharks and things down underwater. So he's already considering that they'd want to protect the drone if possible.]

Wouldn't want a shark or something to get at it, yeah. I was debating on maybe disguising it somehow? That'd be more work, though. And I figure the sooner we can check things out, the better.

Depending on just how deep down your drone is able to go, a shark may be the least of your problems, honestly.

[There are a lot scarier looking deep sea fish down there in the depths that can make sharks seem cuter by comparison...]

Yeah. I was thinking it might be good to figure out some kind of protection for it. Shields? Some sort of barrier around it, maybe? Or like a disguise to keep whatever might be down there from messing with it.

[Hiro is just debating options and ideas yet. But he does want to help somehow. He figures the drone idea might be a decent start at least.]

A disguise would not hurt--I would say perhaps having something that allows the drone to look like an angler fish might be worth looking into. That way, any light it gives off would not appear to be that out of place to any of the other sea creatures that might be living down there.

Angler fish? Uh, those are the ones that have the little light that's supposed to attract other fish or whatever to them, isn't it? So they can eat them?

[He thinks he might vaguely recall that sort of thing? Hiro isn't necessarily an expert with fish outside of just eating it for meals sometimes. But the idea isn't a bad one. To try and make the drone blend in as best he can.]

Yes, that's correct.

Depending on just how far down the drone is able to go into the ocean, that may be your best solution as far as disguises go to keep most other deep sea fish from wanting to come near it... well, except for perhaps any smaller ones that may not know better and are attracted to the light the drone might give off, but those ones should not be particularly worrying.

Yeah. I do think the design is important, if we can figure out a way to camouflage and make it blend in. I'd be more worried about the bigger ones that could maybe actually damage the drone. Not the tiny little fish or whatever. I can try to come up with a few ideas, and we can see which design might be best?

If I recall correctly, sharks do prey on anglerfish, but they tend to go after the juveniles, not the adult-sized ones. Dolphins and seals also eat anglerfish, but only when they risk actually leaving the dark depths, so I think as long as your drone is large enough to be considered an adult-sized angler, and sinks down in the darkness quickly enough before it draws attention from any large mammals like the ones I mentioned before...

Regardless, I must admit at this point that I don't know much when it comes to robotics and technomancy, so I will have to trust your judgement in regard to coming up with various designs first and determining what would work best for the drone outside of just being able to blend in.

So really, it'd just have to be a factor of the size? If the anglerfish might work.....

Well. Leave the robotics and tech to me. But between me doing that and you and whoever else knows more about underwater stuff to consider, I'm sure we can figure it out together. Make this work.

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